Eldamo : Gnomish : benn²

G. benn² n. “shape, cut, fashion, shapeliness” (Category: Form, Shape)

⚠️G. benn², n. “shape, cut, fashion, shapeliness” (Category: Form, Shape): S. #cant “shape; [N.] outline”; S. #rest “[N.] cut”

A noun appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. {Ben >>} Benn “shape, cut, fashion, shapeliness” (GL/22), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√VENE “shape, cut out, scoop” (QL/100) as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Glorvent).

References ✧ GL/22, 30; LT1A/Glorvent

Glosses

“shape, cut, fashion” ✧ LT1A/Glorvent
“shape, cut, fashion, shapeliness” ✧ GL/22

Variations

Benn ✧ GL/22; LT1A/Glorvent
Ben ✧ GL/22

Changes

Ben >> Benn “shape, cut, fashion, shapeliness” ✧ GL/22

Inflections

ven

soft-mutation; b-mutation

✧ GL/30

Element In

G. benin “shapely, pretty” ✧ GL/22
G. benli “a pretty” ✧ GL/22 (benli)
G. bentha- “to cut, fashion, shape” ✧ GL/22
G. benthi “pretty” ✧ GL/22 (Benthi)
G. dorven “landscape, scene, *(lit.) land-shape” ✧ GL/30

Cognates

ᴱQ. venie “shape, cut” ✧ LT1A/Glorvent; LT1A/Glorvent

Derivations

< ᴱ√VENE “shape, cut out, scoop” ✧ LT1A/Glorvent

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√VENE > benn

[βenn] > [benn]

✧ LT1A/Glorvent